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#91

General Discussion / Re: adjust automatic text posi...

Last post by AdmFubar - September 09, 2024, 10:23:15 PM

What I think you really want to use here are templates, and maybe some master pages as well. You can import the styles from the other document, from the style window, there is an import button to do this.

#92

Beginner Talk / Re: text not appearing in text...

Last post by PatJr - September 09, 2024, 09:24:49 PM

Can you post up a sample file that has the problem?

#93

Beginner Talk / Re: Style and font size

Last post by PatJr - September 09, 2024, 09:23:02 PM

Is it a paragraph style of a character style?

Was any of the text directly formatted not using a defined style, like from using F3 ?

#94

Beginner Talk / Style and font size

Last post by kees - September 09, 2024, 08:13:49 PM

Hi,

I created a style and changed the font and the font size.
When I apply the style to a part of the text, the font changes but the font size stays the same.
Am I forgetting something?
I am using the Scribus 1.6.2 Appimage on Linux Mint.

#95

Beginner Talk / text not appearing in text box

Last post by inkfountain - September 09, 2024, 07:09:27 PM

I'm so frustrated. I have been working with Scribus for a few days & made a number of documents. Today I made a new template to start from, but I can't get my text to show up when I type in a text box. If I copy and paste a text box from a different document, it works. When I type in the text editor window, everything shows up. However, nothing shows up on the document itself. The settings for text are the exact same as they are on the documents where I can type in the text. I have restarted the program, closed and opened the documents, and nothing seems to work to get text to show up in a text window in a new document. What else can I do?

#96

Beginner Talk / Re: my own templates don't sho...

Last post by inkfountain - September 09, 2024, 07:06:48 PM

I did, but that did nothing.
I deleted everything in the templates folder and started over and that worked.

#97

Code / Re: Best forum

Last post by a.l.e - September 09, 2024, 12:32:04 PM

Nice to read your thoughts.

The only thing I can contribute for now: I'm not sure if it's worth to get into SVN, if you don't know it yet.

You won't interact with the Scribus' own SVN server, except for pulling updates that have been merged into the official code.
If you're proficient with Git, stick with it and focus on working on the features you need.

At the end of the day, the only way for you to propose patches will be through attachements in the bug tracker and, for that purpose, it does not matter if you got the code (and manage it) with SVN or Git.

And, currently, most people (if not everyone) proposing patches to the team is using Git: the "mixed" workflow is well  tested : - )

#98

Beginner Talk / Re: my own templates don't sho...

Last post by utnik - September 09, 2024, 08:56:11 AM

hi inkfountain

did you tell scribus where to find them? ('preferences' → 'paths' → 'document templates')

utnik

#99

Installation and Setup / Re: scribus on 4k display

Last post by BN_Dev - September 09, 2024, 04:36:54 AM

Try this:

Code Select Expand

$ QT_SCALE_FACTOR=1.5 scribus &

#100

Code / Re: Best forum

Last post by BN_Dev - September 09, 2024, 03:53:01 AM

If you can "sponsor" with developer time to develop the code this is probably the best way.

Thanks for your comments. To clarify, yes the "cost" would be for my development time to work on the features and make them available in the project. I'm an experienced Qt developer.

This forum plus the bug tracker, along with IRC for live chat, are the best methods to discuss development.

Thank you. I'll jump on IRC when starting any actual development but will put proposals for discussion in the forum first.

We'd be more than happy to review proposals and code for inclusion.
As you've identified, quite a portion of the wiki needs updating but we can provide direct responses to questions.
Note 1.6.x is our stable branch. 1.7.x is our development series where most development occurs - significant changes to the UI, table of contents and index generation are there.

Thanks for the links, we'll check them out. I have 1.7 from svn compiling and running. I used to use svn ages ago and it's come back to me surprisingly quickly! With regards to the development, I would generally hope to update any associated documentation as I go. There were a few old roadmaps I found on the Wiki and some of the ideas aren't too far off what we want to achieve. Hopefully some good proposals can cover our use case and easily fit with other use cases too for maximum value to the work.

Scribus seems like a great community to be involved in too, thanks for everyone's pointers